In the West today, Muslims have the communal duty to identify and implement societal obligations necessary for community growth, civic engagement, and environmental protection. It must be stressed that societal obligations are not the sole domain of activists and volunteers. Today, as in the past, Muslim communities cannot meet their societal obligations without farsighted institutional development, including the establishment of religious endowments and the employment of well-trained professionals.
-See "Societal Obligation" in Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah's important article "Living Islam With Purpose," p. 16
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